{"id":"69394e107202e9abd62bd098","title":"Chevening Turvin S Farm","path":"walks/routes/recommended/chevening-turvin-s-farm","contentMarkdown":"# Kent Ramblers: Walk 11\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_011.jpg)\n\n## Points of Interest\n\n### Chevening House�\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011a.gif)\n\n' was designed by Inigo Jones and built in the early \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t17th century.  It was owned for many years by the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStanhope family and was given to the nation in 1959 to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbecome the official country residence of a Government \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMinister selected by the Prime Minister, usually the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign Secretary.\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011d.jpg)\n\nThe fourth Earl of Stanhope was a mathematician who \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstudied maze design and introduced the 'island maze' in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\torder to defeat people who navigate mazes by keeping one \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\thand on the wall.  He built a maze at Chevening in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1820.\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011c.jpg)\n\n### Public Transport\n\nChevening is not easily reached by public transport.  \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHowever, the north west corner of the walk can be \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\taccessed from the southern end Chevening Lane which is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t550 metres from Main Road in Knockholt Pound which can \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbe reached by the R10 bus service from Orpington \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstation.\n\nAutomatically migrated from https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_011.htm on 2025-12-11 09:18","contentHtml":"<h1>Kent Ramblers: Walk 11</h1>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_011.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<h2>Points of Interest</h2>\n<h3>Chevening House�</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011a.gif\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>&#39; was designed by Inigo Jones and built in the early \n\t\t\t\t\t\t17th century.  It was owned for many years by the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tStanhope family and was given to the nation in 1959 to \n\t\t\t\t\t\tbecome the official country residence of a Government \n\t\t\t\t\t\tMinister selected by the Prime Minister, usually the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign Secretary.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011d.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>The fourth Earl of Stanhope was a mathematician who \n\t\t\t\t\t\tstudied maze design and introduced the &#39;island maze&#39; in \n\t\t\t\t\t\torder to defeat people who navigate mazes by keeping one \n\t\t\t\t\t\thand on the wall.  He built a maze at Chevening in \n\t\t\t\t\t\t1820.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P011c.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<h3>Public Transport</h3>\n<p>Chevening is not easily reached by public transport.<br>\t\t\t\t\t\tHowever, the north west corner of the walk can be \n\t\t\t\t\t\taccessed from the southern end Chevening Lane which is \n\t\t\t\t\t\t550 metres from Main Road in Knockholt Pound which can \n\t\t\t\t\t\tbe reached by the R10 bus service from Orpington \n\t\t\t\t\t\tstation.</p>\n<p>Automatically migrated from <a href=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_011.htm\">https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_011.htm</a> on 2025-12-11 09:18</p>\n"}